UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 3, Page 6
September 16, 1993
Up and coming

Theatre group to present '1001 Black Inventions'
     The Pin Points Theatre of Washington, D.C., will present "1001 Black
Inventions" at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, in the Bacchus Theatre.
     The performance is part of the University's third annual Icebreaker
Weekend, sponsored by the Center for Black Culture, the Cultural
Programming Advisory Board and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
     In comedy and drama, the players demonstrate the gifts of the black
race and its contributions to society by answering such questions as "Who
brought inoculation to America?," "Who made long distance telephone calls
possible?" and "Whose invention helps guide spaceships?"
     Through powerful theatre, the group tells the stories of
        * Jan Ernst Matzeliger, who invented the shoe lasting machine thus
          creating the world's billion-dollar shoe industry;
        * Benjamin Banneker, the self-taught mathematician/astronomer who
          built America's first clock;
        * George Washington Carver, who saved the economy of the South from
          destruction and invented over 400 products from the peanut and
          the potato; and
        * Daniel Hale Williams, who performed the world's first open heart
          surgery.
     In the second act, entitled "The Twilight Zone," the group portrays a
typical American family trying to survive in a world without black
inventions.
     Founded in l975, Pin Points Theatre have received countless awards for
artistic excellence. Its contemporary and historic adaptations have been
highly acclaimed by the Smithsonian Institution, the D.C. Commission on the
Arts and more than 1,800 schools throughout the United States. Admission to
the Sept. 21 performance is $3. For information, call 831-2991.

Poetry reading at Volume II bookstore
     Fleda Jackson, associate professor of English, will read poetry from
her new book, "Do Not Peel the Birches," at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 22, at
Volume II, the bookstore on Main Street in Newark.

Comedy cabaret in Bacchus Saturday
     A Comedy Cabaret will be presented at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 18, in
the Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center.
     Featured acts include Big Daddy Graham, of Showtime; David
Christiansen, from Dangerfield's in New York; and Fran Capo, the fastest
talking woman.
     Tickets are $2 at the door.

Horticulture courses set at Virden Center
     The fundamentals of ornamental horticulture will be presented by
Audrey and Jon Pugh this fall as part of a horticulture course offered by
the Southern Delaware Academy of Lifelong Learning (SDALL).
     The Pughs will lecture at the Virden Center in Lewes on Wednesdays,
Sept. 22 and 29. Their topics will be perennial and herbaceous borders and
shade trees and small flowering trees. Those attending the lectures must be
registered for the entire course.
     The Pughs' lectures will be complemented with slides showing various
flowers and plants that flourish in Delaware's climate.
     For information or to register, call Renee Moy at 645-4111.

Quartet to offer lunch time concert
     The Mendelssohn String Quartet, in connection with the exhibition of
Contemporary Art from the Collection of Jason Rubell, will present a free
lunch time concert at noon, Monday, Sept. 20, in the University Gallery in
Old College.
     Concertgoers are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch. Seating is
limited.
     Using examples from the music of Debussy, Bartok, Brahms and Mozart,
the quartet will explore the impact of the formal components of
music- structure, harmony and time-are show how these elements are related
to their counterparts in the visual arts-form, color and space. In
residence at the University since 1989, the Mendelssohn String Quartet
members are Nick Eanet and Nicholas Mann, violins; Katherine Murdock,
viola; and Marcy Rosen, cello.

The Bobs to open 1993-94 arts series
     The Bobs, a funny, intricate a cappella group described by The Los
Angeles Times as "a cross between Devo and the Mills Brothers," will open
the University's 1993-94 Performing Arts Series with an 8 p.m. concert on
Saturday, Sept. 25, in newly renovated Mitchell Hall in Newark.
     The group also will offer a free master class at 2 p.m., Sept. 25, in
the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
     Tickets for The Bobs are $15 for the general public, $10 for
University faculty, staff and senior citizens and $6 for students. Tickets
for this show and for all of the selections in the Performing Arts Series
may be purchased at the Hartshorn box office. Limited short-term parking is
available next to the building from the driveway off Academy Street. Box
office hours are from noon to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays.
     Tickets may be reserved by telephone by calling 831-2204.
     Other contemporary offerings in the Performing Arts Series include
Charlie Haden's Quartet West on Saturday, Nov. 6; Lenny Pickett and the
Borneo Horns on Friday, Jan. 21; and a concert by Nexus on Saturday, Feb.
l9.
     Classical offerings in the Performing Arts Series include the
Musicians from Marlboro on Saturday, Nov. 13; a Holiday Gala on Monday and
Tuesday, Dec. 13 and 14; the Mendelssohn String Quartet on Saturday, Jan.
8; and the Eastman Brass Quintet on Tuesday, April 5.
     Dance and theatre offerings this year include Stephen Sondheim's
Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Sunday in the Park with George" on
Thursday, Oct. 21; the Ko-Thi Dance Company on Saturday, April 23; and the
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange on Saturday, May 21.
     For more information on the Performing Arts Series, call 831-8741.The
U.D. Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the offices of the University
president and the provost.